1. Welcome to College English 1!

2. Topics for today About your teacher Grades Classroom Rules
Things you’ll need
Homework for next week

3. About Your Teacher My name is Dan Leonard You can call me “Dan”
This is my fourth year
at KGU, but….

4. I’ve been living in Korea since 2001

5. Dan’s Life in Korea I live in Suwon with my wife and two
beautiful cats.

6. Dan’s Teaching Career I taught high school Spanish in the USA
I’ve taught English to all ages in Korea, from kindergarten to businessmen
I’ve been teaching English to Korean university students for over 7 years.

7. Questions about me?

8. Grades I follow the department’s relative grading scheme: 10% - 25%
Letter Grade
Percentage Grade
Grade Points
Percentage of Students A+
95-100
4.5
10% - 25% A
90-94
4.0 B+
85-89
3.5
20% - 35% B
80-84
3.0 C+
75-79
2.5
30% - 40% C
70-74
2.0 D+
65-69
1.5
0% - 40% D
60-64
1.0 F
0-59
You’re competing with your classmates for your grade.
Who gets which grades is up to you!

9. What does that mean?
In a class of 20 students, I can give the following grades:
A or A+ = 2-5 students
B or B+ = 4-7 students
C or C+ = 6-8 students
D, D+ or F = 0-8 students

10. How do I decide your grades?
This is how your grade is decided:
Attendance %
Class Participation 15%
Homework %
Quizzes %
Midterm Exam (written) 10%
Midterm Exam (spoken) 15%
Final Exam (written) 10%
Final Exam (spoken) 15%

11. Classroom Rules My rules are fair and apply to all students equally.
These rules are here to help everyone learn.
How well you follow these rules helps determine your grade, especially your Class Participation grade.
There will be a test next week on these rules!

12. Come to class! If you are not here, I cannot help you learn.
If you are not here, you will miss important material, which will make it harder for you to do well on the quizzes, homework, and exams.
Each time you miss class with no excuse from a doctor or professor, you lose 4% of your grade.
You must sign in to class at the beginning and have your KGU attendance app ready.
You must bring any excuse notes to me within a week of the class you missed.
If you are not here for any reason, you also lose all Class Participation points for the day.
If you have 5 unexcused absences, you get an F for the class.
No student has ever received an A in my class with an unexcused absence.

13. Penalties for not coming to class
1 absence = -4% 2 absences = -8% 3 absences = -12% 4 absences = -15% 5 absences = F

14. What is a valid excuse to miss class?
A note from a doctor showing that you were sick or hurt. (No prescriptions)
A note from a professor showing that you had to go to a department event for your major (ex. MT)
Direct orders from the Korean military
If you bring me this note within one week of the class you missed you will not lose attendance points (-4%).
However, you will get a zero for class participation for that day.

15. The following are NOT valid excuses to visit my class:
Sports events
Extracurricular (club) activities
Prescriptions
Notes from the Student Union
Club activities
If you miss class and bring me notes showing that these were your reasons for being absent you will still lose -4% from your grade.

16. Come to class on time This class starts at 2:00 p.m.
If you are late, you lose 2% of your grade.
If you are more than 15 minutes late, I mark you absent (-4%)
If you come in late, make sure I see you so I can change your grade from absent (-4%) to late (-2%)
3 lates = 1 absence
Every late student interrupts this class, which is not fair to the rest of the class, so please be on time.

17. Holidays and Make-up Classes
The following days are university holidays:
October 2nd (“bridge” holiday)
October 3rd (National Foundation Day)
October 4th-6th(Korean Harvest Moon Festival)
October 9th (Korean Language Day)
KGU requires me to hold make-up classes for each day of class missed due to holidays.
Your makeup class will be held during Make Up Week (June 15th-June 21st).

18. Be prepared for class
At the beginning of class, I will check to make sure you have your:
Textbook (blank at the beginning
of the semester)
Pen/pencil
Homework
Nametag
We use the textbook every class,
if you don’t have it, -1%.

19. Turn in your homework on time
I will assign you regular homework that is due the next week to reinforce what we do in class.
Homework is worth 10% of your grade.
All homework assignments will be posted on the class website: kgucollegeenglish1.wordpress.com
Absence from class does not excuse you from completing and submitting homework on time. If you know you’re going to miss class, me your homework or bring it to my office before the homework is due.

20. Be polite Listen to me, listen to your classmates.
When I say, “Ladies and Gentlemen!” , you should stop, look, and listen.
If you have to leave to go to the bathroom or drink water, just say “Excuse me” and go. You don’t have to ask!
Please do not adjust the heat or air conditioning without talking to me first.
Treat the rest of the class the way you would like to be treated.

21. Speak English The more English you speak, the faster you will improve.
Speak English to me, and each other during class.
It’s OK to make mistakes, just do your best.

22. Pay attention The more you listen, the easier my class will be.
Anything we talk about in class may be on the quizzes or exams.
Sleeping in class, texting, or talking while I’m talking is never OK.

23. Ask and answer questions
When I ask you a question, do your best to answer.
If you don’t know the answer….
Guess!
Say “I don’t know.” It’s OK!
When you don’t understand something in class, please ask me about it.

24. These are the things you should NOT do
If you do any of these things, it will cause problems for this class and for you.
This is your first, last, and only warning.

25. Don’t ask me to end class early
This class ends at 4:50 p.m.
(Except for the first week of class)
If you want to go early, you can go!
….and I will take a -4% penalty from your grade.
You’re an adult, the choice is yours.

26. Don’t sleep Sleeping in class is worse than not coming at all.
If you’re tired, go get a cup of coffee and come back.
If you can’t stay awake in class, I will ask you to leave.
Sleeping in class counts as an absence (-4%).

27. Don’t cheat Your work must be yours. Bringing a textbook that has
already been filled out is also
a form of cheating.
If you cheat once, you will get
a 0% grade for that
homework assignment or test.
If you cheat twice, I will report
you, and you will get an F for
the class.

28. Questions?
Are you ready for the test on this next week?

29. If you come to class at 2:01, how many points do you lose?2%

30. If you come to class at 2:16, how many points do you lose?4%

31. If you don’t come to class, how many points do you lose?4%

32. What should be on your desk at the beginning of class?

33. If you don’t know the answer to a question I ask, what do you do?
Guess or
Say, “I don’t know.”

34. Homework for next week. Bring the book.
Study for next week’s quiz on my
grading and classroom rules.